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An Open-Hearted Life

Being responsible for our emotions

When disturbing emotions arise we have a choice. The Buddhist teachings offer practical methods to…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Review of fear, anger and disillusionment

Venerable Thubten Lamsel reviews pages 48-52, covering the topics of fear, anger and disillusionment.

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Subsequent cognizers

Venerable Sangye Khadro covers the divisions of subsequent cognizers.

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Venerable smiling.
Contentment and Happiness

How to have a happy mind

Happiness comes from internal transformation. How to use Buddhist teachings to change our own motivation…

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Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

Eight Verses of Thought Transformation

A commentary on the eight verses and how they can change our perspective—how we see…

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Venerable teaching to a group of nuns.
Illumination of the Thought

Homage to great compassion

A commentary on Chandrakirti's text explaining three kinds of compassion, and how compassion is the…

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Venerable Chodron speaking and gesturing with hands.
Buddhist Worldview

The five main topics studied in Tibetan Buddhist mon...

An overview of the educational program in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries with descriptions of the five…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Review of attachment

Venerable Thubten Nyima leads a review of the Chapter 3 section on “Emotions and Klesas,”…

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Venerable holding a microphone and speaking.
Becoming a Monastic

Living in the precepts

The joy of living in the Dharma. The importance of bodhicitta and how it helps…

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Teachings by Ven. Sangye Khadro

The pain of harsh words

Venerable Sangye Khadro shares how painful it is to receive and give harsh words, and…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Facsimiles of direct perceivers

Venerable Sangye Khadro teaches on facsimiles of direct perceivers and inferential cognizers.

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